Ingxelo yohambo lukaMongameli, kwiZiqithi zePasifiki

nguMark J. Splading

Ndihleli phambi kwehotele eLoreto, eBaja California Sur, eMexico ndibukele iintaka zefrigate kunye ne-pelicans zizonwabisa xa zibaleka iintlanzi. Isibhakabhaka siyiteal eqaqambileyo, kwaye uLwandle oluzolileyo lwaseCortez lububhulowu obumangalisayo. Ukufika kobusuku obubini bokugqibela apha kuye kwavela ngokubonakala kwamafu ngokukhawuleza, iindudumo kunye nokukhanya kwiinduli ezisemva kwedolophu. Uqhwithela olukhanyayo entlango luhlala lungomnye wemiboniso emihle yendalo.

Olu hambo lubonisa ukuphela kwehlobo lokuhamba, olubonakala luqinisekisa ukucinga kwiinyanga ezintathu zokugqibela. Ixesha lolwandle kuthi kuMntla weIkhweyitha lihlala lixakekile kuthi kwi-Ocean Foundation. Nakweli hlobo lalinjalo.

Ndaqala ihlobo ngoMeyi apha eLoreto, ndaza ndabandakanya iCalifornia, kunye neSt. Kitts neNevis kuhambo lwam. Kwaye ngandlela-thile kuloo nyanga siye sabamba imicimbi yethu yokuqala emibini ukwazisa i-TOF kwaye sigxininisa abambalwa bethu abancedisayo: eNew York, sava kuGqr Roger Payne, isazinzulu se-whale esaziwayo, kwaye eWashington, sadibana noJ. Nichols wePro Peninsula, ingcaphephe yofudo lwaselwandle eyaziwayo, kunye no-Indumathie Hewawasam, ingcali yaselwandle yeBhanki yeHlabathi. Sibe nombulelo kuyo yomibini le misitho yokunikezela ngokugcinakayo ukutya kwaselwandle okubanjiswe ngokuzinzileyo kubalobi base-Alaskan, amalungu eBhunga le-Alaska Marine Conservation Council, phantsi kwenkqubo yalo ethi “Catch of the Season”. 

NgoJuni, siye saxhasa ngenkxaso yeNkomfa yokuqala ekhoyo kuLwazi lokuFunda nokuBhala lwase-Ocean eWashington DC. NgoJuni kwakhona iVeki yeeLwandle zeCapital Hill, i-Fish Fest yonyaka, kunye nohambo oluya kwi-White House ukuba lube yinxalenye yomsitho wokudalwa kweSikhumbuzo seSizwe saseNorthwest Hawaiian. Ngaloo ndlela kwasekwa owona mmandla mkhulu wokulondoloza iilwandle ehlabathini, ukhusela amawaka ezikwekhilomitha zeingqaqa zekorale nezinye iindawo ezihlala ulwandle kunye nekhaya lamakhulu ambalwa okugqibela aseHawaii Monk Seals. Ngenkxaso-mali yayo, i-Ocean Foundation kunye nabaxhasi bayo badlale indima encinci ekuncedeni ukukhuthaza ukusekwa kwayo. Ngenxa yoko, ndandivuyiswa ngokukhethekileyo kukuba kwiNdlu eNgcaciso yoMhlophe ukuze ndibukele ukutyikitywa kunye nabanye babo basebenze nzima kangangexesha elide ngolu suku.

Inyanga kaJulayi yaqala eAlaska ngokhenketho olukhethekileyo lweKenai Fjords National Park kunye nabanye abaxhasi ngezimali, yaza yaphela kuMzantsi wePasifiki. Iveki e-Alaska yalandelwa luhambo oluya eCalifornia, kunye nokufikelela ixesha elide (kwabo bayaziyo i-Boeing 747s yabo) ukuya e-Australia naseFiji. Ndiza kukuxelela ngakumbi malunga neZiqithi zePasifiki apha ngezantsi.

UAgasti waquka iMaine engaselunxwemeni ukuze kutyelelwe indawo engaselunxwemeni nakwiSixeko saseNew York, apho ndadibana noBill Mott okhokelayo. Iprojekthi yoLwandle kunye nomcebisi wakhe uPaul Boyle, intloko ye-New York Aquarium, ukuba athethe ngesicwangciso somsebenzi wombutho wakhe ngoku ugcinwe e-TOF. Ngoku, ndisiza isangqa esipheleleyo, ndiseLoreto okwesine kulo nyaka ukuba bobabini baqhubeke nomsebenzi we-TOF's Loreto Bay Foundation Fund, kodwa nokubhiyozela isikhumbuzo kunye nesiqalo esitsha. Le veki iquke isikhumbuzo seminyaka eli-10 yokusekwa kwe-Loreto Bay National Marine Park, kodwa kunye nomsitho wokuqalisa iziko elitsha lokusingqongileyo lase-Loreto (iprojekthi yomxhasi wethu, iGrupo Ecologista Antares). Ndiye ndafumana ithuba lokudibana nomphathi omtsha we-Inn eLoreto Bay, onoxanduva lokwenza ihotele kunye nokusebenza kwayo kuzinzile kwaye othe wamkela ngokupheleleyo ukukhuthaza abatyeleli ukuba bathathe inxaxheba ngokuba ngabaxhasi kwingxowa-mali ye-Loreto Bay Foundation. Kwiintlanganiso nosodolophu, sixoxe ngeminye imiba eqhubekayo echaphazela impilo yoluntu kunye nemibutho esekwe ukuba ihlangabezane nayo: impilo yolutsha, ukomelela, kunye nesondlo (inkqubo ebanzi yombutho omtsha webhola ekhatywayo); utywala kunye nezinye iziyobisi (iinkqubo ezintsha zokuhlala kunye nezigulane ezingaphandle ziyavela); kunye nokuphuculwa kwenkqubo yemfundo jikelele. Ukujongana nale miba kubalulekile ekuqinisekiseni ukubandakanyeka koluntu ekucingeni ixesha elide malunga nokusetyenziswa okuzinzileyo kunye nolawulo lwemithombo yendalo yommandla leyo nabo baxhomekeke kuyo.

IZIQITHI ZEPACIFIC

Ngemini endafika ngayo eOstreliya, uGeoff Withycombe, uSihlalo weBhodi ye-TOF efumana uncedo, iSurfrider Foundation yaseOstreliya, wandiphuthuma kugqatso lomdyarho weentlanganiso, olwalulungiselelwe ngobuchule nguGeoff ukuba alisebenzise kangangoko ixesha lam elifutshane eSydney. Siye sadibana nezi ziko zilandelayo:

• I-Ocean Watch Australia, inkampani yesizwe yendalo esingqongileyo, engenzi nzuzo esebenzela ukufezekisa uzinzo kushishino lwaselwandle lwase-Australia ngokukhusela kunye nokuphucula iindawo zokuhlala iintlanzi, ukuphucula umgangatho wamanzi kunye nokwakha ushishino lokuloba oluzinzileyo ngobudlelwane obusekwe kwintshukumo kunye neshishini leentlanzi zaseOstreliya, urhulumente. , abaphathi bemithombo yendalo, amashishini abucala kunye noluntu (ezineeofisi ezikwiiMarike zeentlanzi zaseSydney!).  
• I-Ofisi ye-Environmental Defender's Office Ltd., eliziko lomthetho elingenzi nzuzo loluntu eligxile kumthetho wokusingqongileyo onomdla kuluntu. Inceda abantu kunye namaqela oluntu asebenza ukukhusela indalo kunye nokwakhiwa kwendawo. 
• Sydney Coastal Councils, egxile ekulungelelaniseni 12 Sydney amabhunga oluntu kummandla engaselunxwemeni ezama ukusebenza kunye ngokubhekiselele kwisicwangciso solawulo oluhambelanayo lonxweme. 
• A behind the scenes tour and meeting at Ocean World Manly (yeye Sydney Aquarium, ephethwe yi Attractions Sydney) kunye ne Ocean World Conservation Foundation. 
• Kwaye, ewe, uhlaziyo olude ngomsebenzi we-Surfrider Australia wokuphucula umgangatho wamanzi aselunxwemeni, ukucoca iilwandle, kunye nokukhusela ikhefu lokusefa kunye nabasebenzi abangamavolontiya kunye nomdla omkhulu.

Ngezi ntlanganiso, ndifunde ngakumbi malunga nemiba yolawulo lonxweme e-Australia kunye nendlela ulawulo kunye neendlela zenkxaso-mali ezisebenza ngayo. Ngenxa yoko sibona ukuba ekuhambeni kwexesha kuya kubakho amathuba okuxhasa la maqela kunye namanye. Ngokukodwa, senze intshayelelo phakathi kukaBill Mott weProjekthi yeThe Ocean kunye nabasebenzi baseOcean World Manly. Kusenokubakho nethuba lokwenza umsebenzi nala maqela ngendlela engqinelana nepotifoliyo yethu yeeprojekthi ezinxulumene norhwebo ngentlanzi ehlala kulwandle kunye nezinye iiprojekthi zolwandle. 

Ngosuku olulandelayo, ndathabatha inqwelo-moya esuka eSydney ndisiya eNadi kunxweme olusentshona lwesiqithi saseViti Levu, eFiji kwiAir Pacific (inqwelomoya yamazwe ngamazwe yaseFiji) iklasi yenkonzo yokuhamba ngomoya ukususela kwiminyaka elishumi okanye ngaphezulu edlulileyo. Into ekubetha kuqala, xa ufika eFiji, ziintaka. Bakuyo yonke indawo ojonga kuyo kwaye iingoma zabo ziyisandi esivakalayo njengoko ujikeleza. Ukukhwela iteksi ukusuka kwisikhululo seenqwelo-moya ukuya ehotele, kwafuneka silinde ngoxa uloliwe omncinane wokulinganisa iswekile ozele ngummoba wawutsala nzima ukuwela isango lesikhululo seenqwelo-moya.

Kwihotele yaseNadi's Tanoa International, indawo enkulu ye-15 yeminyaka ubudala ephumayo ihamba ngokugqibeleleyo kwelinye icala le-lobby, kwaye isihlwele esikhulu sase-Australia sibukele umdlalo wombhoxo kwelinye. IOstreliya igqibela ngokucoca iwotshi yaseFiji, ihlazo lesizwe eliye lalawula amaphephandaba ebudeni bexesha eliseleyo lokuhlala kwam kweli lizwe. Ngentsasa elandelayo kwinqwelomoya esuka eNadi isiya eSuva kunxweme olukumazantsi-mpuma eViti Levu, inqwelomoya encinci yeprop yatsiba phezu kommandla weentaba-okubonakala kunabantu abambalwa kwaye, ngelishwa, nemithi. Amanxweme aye aphuhliswe ngakumbi, kunjalo.

NdandiseSuva ukuya kwintlanganiso yeentsuku ezintathu, iRound Table ye-10 yeZiqithi zePasifiki yoLondolozo lweNdalo. Endleleni eya ezintlanganisweni kusasa ngoMvulo, isixeko siyanyakazela, akufani naxa ndandifika ngeCawa. Izixa ezibonakala zingenasiphelo zabantwana abasendleleni eya esikolweni. Bonke banxibe iyunifomu, iyunifomu ebonisa ukuba luluphi unqulo olulawula isikolo sabo. Ukugcwala kwezithuthi. Iibhasi ezininzi ezingenafestile (ezineekhethini zeplastiki zemvula). Umsi we-diesel, amafu kunye nomsizi. Kodwa kunye nezitiya eziluhlaza kunye neendawo eziluhlaza.  

Intlanganiso ikwikhampasi yaseSuva kwiYunivesithi yaseSouth Pacific. Yimayizi ethe saa yezakhiwo ze1970s ezivuleleke emoyeni, ezinezivalo kwindawo apho iglasi yefestile ibinokuba ikhona. Kukho iindlela zokuhamba ezigqunyiweyo ezikhokelela phakathi kwezakhiwo kunye nemijelo ephucukileyo kunye nemijelo yamanzi emvula. Xa kujongwa ubungakanani bezi nkqubo, iimvula ngexesha lemvula kufuneka zibe namandla kakhulu.

I-Roundtable “kulapho intsebenziswano idibana khona nesenzo solondolozo esisebenzayo” kwaye isingathwa yi Isiseko saBantu boMzantsi Pasifiki baMazwe ngaMazwe (FSPI) kunye ne IYunivesithi yoMzantsi Pasifiki (elinamazwe angamalungu ali-12). I-Roundtable ngokwayo i

• Ubulungu ngokuzithandela/ubudlelwane (namalungu angama-24). Injongo kukuqinisekisa ukuba abameli abathunyelwe entlanganisweni banokuzibophelela.
• Iqumrhu eliququzelelayo elifuna ukuphunyezwa kwe-Action Strategy (ukususela ngo-1985) - abaxhasi bayacelwa ukuba baxhase ngemali iiprojekthi ezihambelana neSicwangciso-qhinga esibandakanya iinjongo zeminyaka emihlanu kunye nama-18 ekujoliswe kuko okunxulumeneyo.

IsiGqibo esivela kwi-Cook Islands Roundtable (2002) ibonelele ngokuphononongwa kunye nohlaziyo lweSicwangciso sokuSebenza. Kubekho iingxaki ngokuzibophelela kwamalungu, ukunqongophala kwenkxaso-mali, kunye nokungabikho kobunini. Ukujongana nale nto, amaqela asebenzayo adalwe ukuba ahlule umsebenzi, agxininise kwisenzo. Kule ntlanganiso, abebezimase bebequka urhulumente, izifundiswa, kunye nabameli bamazwe ngamazwe, ommandla kunye namaqela olondolozo lwendalo.

Ukushwankathela imiba emikhulu yeSiqithi sePasifiki:

• Ukuloba: Kukho ungquzulwano olukhulu phakathi kwamashishini okuziphilisa/obugcisa kunye noshishino olukhulu (ingakumbi ityhuna) elunxwemeni. Ngelixa iManyano yaseYurophu inika uncedo lwenkxaso kwiZiqithi zePasifiki, iSpain isandula ukuhlawulela kuphela ii-$600,000 zeerandi zokufikelela ngokungenamlinganiselo kwi-EEZ yeZiqithi zeSolomon.  
• Indawo yokuhlala engaseluNxwemeni: Uphuhliso olungathintelwanga lutshabalalisa imigxobhozo, iimangrove kunye ne-coral reef. Iindawo ekuchithelwa kuzo iiholide eziselunxwemeni kunye neehotele zilahla ilindle lazo ngaselunxwemeni, njengoko besenza abantu bomthonyama kwiziqithi ezininzi kangangezizukulwana.
• I-Coral Reefs: I-Coral yinto yorhwebo (izacholo ezininzi ze-coral kwizikhululo zeenqwelo moya), kodwa ikwayinto ephambili yokwenza iindlela, ukwenza iibhloko zekhonkrithi zokwakha, kwaye isetyenziswa njengezinto ezinobunwele zokuhluza zeziphi iinkqubo zeseptic zasekhaya apho. zi. Ngenxa yokuba zodwa ezi ziqithi, ezinye izixhobo kunye neendleko zazo zokungenisa elizweni zenza ukusebenzisa into ekufutshane nesandla rhoqo kube yeyona nto ikhethiweyo.  
• Ukuxhaswa ngemali: Ngaphandle kokuthatha inxaxheba kweziseko zabucala, iibhanki zophuhliso lwamacala amaninzi, uncedo lwamazwe angaphandle, kunye nemithombo yelizwe, kukho ukunqongophala kwemali yokugqiba uhlobo lotyalo-mali lweziseko ezingundoqo, ukubandakanyeka koluntu, kunye nezinye iiprojekthi eziya kunceda ekuqinisekiseni ulawulo oluzinzileyo. bobutyebi bendalo axhomekeke kubo uninzi lwala mazwe.

Intlanganiso yaqhutywa ngokwamaqela aqhawukayo, awayenikwe uxanduva lokuhlaziya ulwazi lomntu wonke ngobume bokufikelela kwiinjongo neenjongo zeSicwangciso-qhinga sokuSebenza. Ininzi yale nto yayikukulungiselela intlanganiso elandelayo yamacandelo karhulumente, eya kubanjwa kunyaka ozayo e-PNG (ngelixa i-Roundtables inyaka, i-inter-governmental injalo ngonyaka wesine).

Ngoxa ndandiseFiji, ndaphinda ndachitha ixesha nabameli ababini abafumana isibonelelo seTOF ukuze ndiqhubeke nomsebenzi wabo kuloo mmandla. Eyokuqala ngabasebenzi be UMyuziyam uBhishophu iprojekthi yeLiving Archipelago isebenzela ukubhala i-biota yeziqithi ezingahlali bantu, kwaye zisebenzise olu lwazi ukubeka phambili, ukukhokela kunye nokwazisa iinzame zokubuyisela. Kwakhona bavakalelwa kukuba bahamba phambili ePapua New Guinea njengesiphumo seprojekthi yexesha elide engajongi kuphela kwiindawo zolondolozo eziphambili, kodwa ibeka phambili i-pragmatic: kuphela ukusebenza kunye nesizwe esizimisele ukusebenza ngokulondolozwa kunye nakwimihlaba yalo kuphela. . Owesibini onikwe i-TOF ngu SeaWeb, esanda kuqalisa iNkqubo yeAsia Pacific. Omnye umxhasi we-TOF, iCORAL, naye usebenza kule ngingqi kwaye siye sakwazi ukujonga amanye amahlakani ayo asekuhlaleni.

Ndidibene nabasebenzi beqela leminye imibutho, eminye yayo enokuba ngabaxhamli be-TOF xa sithe siwajonga ngakumbi kunye nomsebenzi wabo. Ezi ziquka i I-Secretariat yeForam yeZiqithi zasePacific, i-Nature Conservancy Pacific kunye ne-Asia Programme, i-Cooperative Islands Initiative, i-Pacific Institute of Advanced Studies (umshicileli obalaseleyo wendawo weencwadi malunga nommandla), i-Secretariat yeNkqubo yeNdawo ye-Pacific Region (iqumrhu eliphakathi koorhulumente. esokolayo ukulungelelanisa izenzo zamazwe oMmandla wePasifiki ukuphumeza izivumelwano zokusingqongileyo zamazwe ngamazwe), aMaqabane kuPhuhliso loLuntu (esandul’ ukuqala iprojekthi yophuhliso loluntu kwifama yeekorale ukuze iqinisekiswe ukuthunyelwa ngaphandle), kunye neNkqubo yamazwe eSiqithi sePasifiki yeNdalo. .

I-Ocean Foundation kunye nabasebenzi bayo baya kuqhubeka bekhangela amathuba okudibanisa abaxhasi kunye neeprojekthi ezilungileyo kulo mmandla, ikhaya lezona ndawo ziphilileyo zaselwandle, ngaphandle kweengxaki ezidweliswe ngasentla.  

Enkosi ngokufunda.

Kulwandle,

UMark J. Spalding
Umongameli, i-Ocean Foundation